Chris Samuels

Five players with Alabama football roots are among the 102 modern-era players nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2019, including one entering the Hall of Fame process for the first time.

Terrell Owens, three former Alabama players and two ex-Auburn players have been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2016. The list of 108 modern-era nominees was released by the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday night.

Twenty-four players from Alabama high school or colleges who were selected for at least three Pro Bowls will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2016. If three Pro Bowls don't sound like enough for a Hall of Fame player, consider that Hall of Famers Ozzie Newsome and John Stallworth were selected for three Pro Bowls apiece.

Chris Samuels earned consensus All-American recognition and won the Outland Trophy as college football's best interior lineman in 1999 at Alabama. He went to the Pro Bowl six times as an offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins. He was a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2015.

During his playing days at the University of Alabama, Chris Samuels accomplished nearly every goal possible for an offensive lineman. But he has one goal from his days at Alabama he still hasn't met -- earning his degree.

FileSpencer Johnson was a 240-pound standout linebacker at Southern Choctaw High School in Gilbertown, Ala. Spencer Johnson had been a freshman at Auburn for less than two weeks in 2000 when the biggest decision of his football-playing life was made...